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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“I’m looking down at the hand of my childhood, holding on to the hand of my present, but all I want to do is hold more than just her hand. I want to grab all of her pain and fear, too, and take it from her.”
painfully beautiful, that’s how i’d describe this book.
painfully beautiful, that’s how i’d describe this book.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I don’t have any words that can describe how I’m feeling right now after finishing this book. Colleen Hoover really knows how to make my heart feel thousands of emotions all at once with her writing! Wow!
✍️: Colleen Hoover never fails to amaze me with her stories. There is always a twist or component to the story that just elevates it from any another romance novel
Wow I love this book! I'm sure I can't write any praise that has not already been written about this book so I won't try to write a long review lol But I do want to point out with so many similarities between Hopeless and The Boy Who Sneaks in my Bedroom Window all I kept thinking is how much better TBWSBW could have been. lol Where that book lacked for me this one exceeded ALL expectations. This story might have ruined me for any other books with a similar theme. lol
Quotes that made me laugh :)
Karen shuts the backdoor and turns to me. “You know I trust you, but please…”
“Don’t get pregnant,” I interrupt. “I know, I know. You’ve been saying that every time you leave for the past two years. I’m not getting pregnant, Mom. Only terribly high and cracked out.”
She laughs and hugs me. “Good girl. And wasted. Don’t forget to get really wasted.”
“I won’t forget, I promise. And I’m renting a TV for the weekend so I can sit around and eat ice-cream and watch trash on cable.”
She pulls back and glares at me. “Now that’s not funny.”
You fell asleep right when she was about to find out her mother’s secret. How dare you. I’ll be back tomorrow night so you can finish reading it to me. And by the way, you have really bad breath and you snore way too loud.
“Your spaghetti sucks ass.” I take another bite and close my eyes, savoring what is possibly the best pasta that’s ever passed my lips.
“You love it and you know it,” he says. He stands up from the table and grabs two napkins, then brings them back and hands me one. “Now wipe your chin, you’ve got sucky ass spaghetti sauce all over it.”
“Wow,” I whisper. I keep staring at the e-reader, hoping he’s not playing some cruel joke on me, because if he tries to pry this out of my hands I’ll run.
I’m not a sucker for happily ever afters, but if these two characters don’t get theirs I might climb inside this e-reader and lock them both inside that damn garage forever.
When he turns around, I’m positive my facial expression is stuck between an OMG and a WTF. I’m learning.
This book has the perfect amount of funny and sad moments. GREAT PICK LEX!!!!
Quotes that made me laugh :)
Karen shuts the backdoor and turns to me. “You know I trust you, but please…”
“Don’t get pregnant,” I interrupt. “I know, I know. You’ve been saying that every time you leave for the past two years. I’m not getting pregnant, Mom. Only terribly high and cracked out.”
She laughs and hugs me. “Good girl. And wasted. Don’t forget to get really wasted.”
“I won’t forget, I promise. And I’m renting a TV for the weekend so I can sit around and eat ice-cream and watch trash on cable.”
She pulls back and glares at me. “Now that’s not funny.”
You fell asleep right when she was about to find out her mother’s secret. How dare you. I’ll be back tomorrow night so you can finish reading it to me. And by the way, you have really bad breath and you snore way too loud.
“Your spaghetti sucks ass.” I take another bite and close my eyes, savoring what is possibly the best pasta that’s ever passed my lips.
“You love it and you know it,” he says. He stands up from the table and grabs two napkins, then brings them back and hands me one. “Now wipe your chin, you’ve got sucky ass spaghetti sauce all over it.”
“Wow,” I whisper. I keep staring at the e-reader, hoping he’s not playing some cruel joke on me, because if he tries to pry this out of my hands I’ll run.
I’m not a sucker for happily ever afters, but if these two characters don’t get theirs I might climb inside this e-reader and lock them both inside that damn garage forever.
When he turns around, I’m positive my facial expression is stuck between an OMG and a WTF. I’m learning.
This book has the perfect amount of funny and sad moments. GREAT PICK LEX!!!!
I love this book, but I am disturbed by the truth about his past Sky, I just feel disappointed in it. The rest of this book is very good.
No idea why the book doesn’t have any trigger warnings…
Every character in this book (and the author) needs therapy, and I found this book a poor representation of trauma. One thing about Colleen Hoover is she’s quick to deal with heavy topics to give her novels more traction and an emotional impact, but I think when an author chooses to deal with a topic this intense, they should do some research.
For the majority of the book, Holder reminded me so much of David from Fear because he was so stalkerish and creepy. I couldn’t understand what Sky saw in him, but then it became clear they were trauma bonded(not in a good way). I’d be rich as hell if I had a dime for every time the word hopeless was said (subtle drops of the title please instead of repetitive use of it).
Every character in this book (and the author) needs therapy, and I found this book a poor representation of trauma. One thing about Colleen Hoover is she’s quick to deal with heavy topics to give her novels more traction and an emotional impact, but I think when an author chooses to deal with a topic this intense, they should do some research.
For the majority of the book, Holder reminded me so much of David from Fear because he was so stalkerish and creepy. I couldn’t understand what Sky saw in him, but then it became clear they were trauma bonded(not in a good way). I’d be rich as hell if I had a dime for every time the word hopeless was said (subtle drops of the title please instead of repetitive use of it).
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
4.5⭐️ WOW - I thought this was gonna be a cute little YA romance but BOY was I wrong! First of all, there are SA/r*pe and s***ide triggers and it is a very dark story overall but man was it a good one! The characters have all gone through SO much and you can feel all the emotion in the book! Looking forward to finishing the series!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Vomit, Death of parent
challenging
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault